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SuperSerial™ ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide PN 590-290-001A August 2002.
2 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide Section 1 - Hardware The Equinox SuperSerial Technology (ST) Ethernet Serial Provider 8-port Multi-Interface (ESP-8 MI) Serial Hub can be installed in a local or remote LAN to provide access for widely distributed RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485 serial devices.
3 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide F i g u r e 1 s h o w s t h e f ro n t o f t h e E SP - 8 M I . T a b l e 3 d es c r i b e s t h e LE D s a n d b u t t on s .
4 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 1.1 Hardware Installation 1. The MAC address is printed on a label afxed to the back of the unit above the LAN connector socket (see Figure 2). This address will be used as a Unit ID to distinguish different ESP units on the network.
5 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 1.2 RS-232 Device Cabling Figures 3 through 5 show the pin assignments required for an RS-232 cable connection between the ESP RJ-45 ports and your devices. Figure 3. Cable Pin Assignments for ESP RJ-45 to Terminal/Printer Figure 4.
6 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 1.3 RS-232 Modular Adaptors and Cables RS-232 modular adaptors are available from Equinox to convert RJ-45 modular jacks to DB-25 or DB-9 connectors. These modular adaptors, used with the 10-wire reversing modular cables, perform the same functions as shown in Figures 3 through 5.
7 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide Figure 7. 10-Wire RJ-45 Reversing Cable 1.4 RS-530 Modular Adaptors An RS-530 modular adaptor is available from Equinox to convert an RJ-45 modualr jack to a male DB-25 connector. The RS-530 adaptor is designed to be used with standard CAT 5 cable.
8 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 1.4 INIT and RESET Buttons The INIT button can be used to remove configured information from an ESP unit. The ESP stores nonvolatile data such as SNMP community name, system contact and IP address in FLASH.
9 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide Section 2 - Driver Installation This section contains instructions for installing the ESP driver from the Equinox SuperSerial CD-ROM. The ESP is supported under Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.
10 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 1 1. Once all les are copied, click Finish . Your ESP is now installed. Windows 2000 will now install the ESP serial ports. 2.2 Windows NT 4.0 1. Navigate to Settings - Contr ol Panel - Network to display the Network Control Panel.
11 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2.4 OpenServer The following sections contain procedures for installing the ESP driver on an Open Server release 5.
12 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2.4.3 Creating and Using OpenServer ESP Installation Diskettes on DOS 1. Loa d the Equ ino x S uperS eria l S oft ware CD i nto yo ur CD -ROM driv e. 2. Set your default drive to the CD-ROM drive letter .
13 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2.5 UnixWare The following sections contain procedures for installing the ESP driver on a UnixWare release 7.0.1a or higher system. 2.5.1 Creating and Using UnixWare ESP Installation Diskettes on UnixWare 1.
14 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2.6 Linux The following sections contain procedures for installing the ESP driver on a Linux system.
15 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2.7 AIX The following sections contain procedures for installing the ESP driver on an AIX release 4.3 or 5.1 system. 2.7.1 Installing Directly from CD-ROM (AIX 5.1 only) This procedure is valid only on AIX release 5.
16 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2.7.4 Creating and Using AIX ESP Installation Diskettes on Microsoft Windows 1. Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD. • If you have autoplay enabled, the Equinox SuperSerial Software Installation screen will appear .
17 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer’s Name: Equinox Systems Inc. an Avocent Company Manufacturer’s Address: One Equinox Way .
18 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide © 2002 Equinox Systems Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission prohibited. Equinox, SuperSerial and Avocent are registered trademarks or trademarks of Avocent Corporation.
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